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The 1917 State of the Union Address was given by Woodrow Wilson, the 28th president of the United States on Tuesday, December 4, 1917, during his turbulent second term.He spoke in the United States House of Representatives chamber, in the United States Capitol.
In the United States, President Woodrow Wilson hailed the first Armistice Day celebration on 11 November 1919, although it would not be formalised by Congress until 1926. France followed suit in ...
In November 1919, President Wilson issued a proclamation recognizing Nov. 11 as the first commemoration of Armistice Day. It was to be observed with parades and public meetings and a brief ...
First enacted by President Woodrow Wilson, Armistice Day was meant to celebrate the Germany and the Allied Nations’ call for a truce to end World War I. ... In 1926, Congress passed a bill ...
Armistice Day celebrations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 11 November 1918. Armistice Day, later known as Remembrance Day in the Commonwealth and Veterans Day in the United States, is commemorated every year on 11 November to mark the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, at 5:45 am [1] for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front of ...
On November 10, 1923, Wilson made his last national address, delivering a short Armistice Day radio speech from the library of his home. [ 289 ] [ 290 ] Wilson's health did not markedly improve after leaving office, [ 291 ] declining rapidly in January 1924.
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"Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country", part of the Inaugural address of John F. Kennedy. [10]"You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore", said by Richard Nixon in 1962 when he retired from politics after losing the 1962 California gubernatorial election.